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1) 96-034.0001 Play, graduation, wedding, at home--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 1
Family. Children's play. Mother, Emerine, Aunt Betty. Family at home. Judy swimming.;Compiled reel of black-and-white and color home movies shot circa 1926-1940, with subjects including a short silent drama enacted by costumed children, a girls' school graduatio...
2) 96-034.0002 Home construction, Christmas, puppies--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 2
Family. Building the house. Kissing great-grandmother.;Compiled black-and-white home movies documenting the construction of the Houston home in Great Neck, NY, a family Christmas celebration, and many scenes of dogs and puppies at p...
26) 96-034.0003 Warsaw, Poland--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 3
Black-and-white home movies of a visit to Warsaw, Poland, circa 1926-1927.
4) 96-034.0004 Bermuda, 1926-1927--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 4
Black-and-white home movies of a visit by the Houstons to Bermuda, including scenes of boating, aquatic life, an equestrian event, and the waterfront of Hamilton.
5) 96-034.0005 Bermuda, 1929--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 5
Black-and-white home movies of the Houstons in Bermuda, including scenes of the family boating, swimming, and diving with a hand-operated air pump and helmet.
4) 96-034.0006 Bermuda in Kodacolor, 1929--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 6
1929 Kodacolor home movies of the Houstons in Bermuda, including scenes of sailing along the coast, swimming, and diving with a hand-operated air pump and helmet.
33) 96-034.0007 Northern France, 1929-1930--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 7
Black-and-white home movies of the Houston family traveling in Beauchamp and Valenciennes, France, 1929-1930.
8) 96-034.0008 Sierra Nevada and Seville, Spain, 1930--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 8
Compiled black-and-white home movies of 1930 travels in Spain, edited with intertitles, featuring scenes in Sierra Nevada and Seville, including a Semana Santa procession.;Intertitle: "Sierra Nevada" Snow scenes around large stone buildings and landscaped grounds, church. Mountains, horse-drawn carriage, river valley. Intertitle: "By the road s...
13) 96-034.0009 Grenada, Spain, 1930--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 9
Compiled black-and-white home movies of 1930 travels in Spain, edited with intertitles, including scenes of the Alhambra and the Palacio de Generalife.
10) 96-034.0010 Bullfighting, Spain, 1930--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 10
Black-and-white home movies of a bullfighting event attended by the Houstons in Spain, 1930.
11) 96-034.0011 Cambridge University, 1931--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 11
Black-and-white home movies of a visit to Cambridge University in 1931.
16) 96-034.0012 Algeria and Italy, 1931-1933--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 12
Compiled black-and-white home movies of the Houston family's travels in Algeria and Italy, 1931-1933, including footage in Algiers, Pompeii, and Venice, edited with intertitles.;Intertitle: "VACATION 1931" Intertitle: "The North African Coast" Intertitle: "Algiers" Intertitle: "Wandering in an African Garden" Intertitle: "Bouzarea" Intertitle: "Pom...
142) 96-034.0013 Italy, Austria, France, 1931--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 13
Compiled black-and-white home movies, edited with intertitles, of the Houston family's travels in Italy, Austria, and France, 1931, including footage in Venice, Fulpmes, Caen, a...;Intertitle: "The Lido" Beach scenes, swimming, boys on pedal-powered, surf-riding vehicle, boaters coming ashore. Intertitle: "The Lake of Garda" Intertitle: "Fete at Fulpmes...
14) 96-034.0014 Family, 1933-1937--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 14
Compiled black-and-white and color home movies shot between 1933 and 1937 of several family gatherings in Nevada and at home in Great Neck, NY.;Reel opens on the American Potash & Chemical Corporation building in Henderson, NV. Street view of industrial plant, mountains in background, desert landscapes. Car driving th...
1) 96-034.0015-.0016 Mount Foraker, Alaska, 1934--Charles S. and Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reels 15 and 16
Black-and-white home movies of the first ascent of Alaska's Mount Foraker in 1934, compiled with intertitles.;Intertitle: “First ascent of Mr. Foraker (more properly known as Denali’s Wife) 17,300 feet – July and August, 1934.” Hand-drawn map insert. Intertitle: “BASE CAMP IN LAST TIM...
12) 96-034.0019 Alaska, 1937--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 19
Compiled black-and-white and color home movies of 1937 travels throughout Alaska, including many aerial views.
22) 96-034.0020 Mt. Hayes, Alaska, 1937--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 20
Black-and-white and color home movies of a partial ascent of Mt. Hayes, Alaska, by a 1937 party including Oscar and Charles Houston.
18) 96-034.0021 Grose wedding, grandchildren--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 21
Grose wedding. Judy as baby.;Compiled reel of black-and-white and color home movies of the 1938 Grose wedding and of the extended Houston family and grandchildren, including newborn granddaughter Judy. ;Reel opens on black-and-white scenes of the bride flanked by two women blow-drying her hair. Following brief scenes of the church ceremony is a longer sequence of the guests in...
21) 96-034.0022 Clark-Macdonald wedding, 1939--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 22
Compiled black-and-white and color home movies of the 1939 Clark-Macdonald wedding.
21) 96-034.0023 Family, 1942--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 23
Compiled black-and-white and color home movies of several casual summer gatherings of Houston family members.
330) 96-034.0024 England, the Bahamas, 1947--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 24
Compiled color home movies of travels including a family visit to England and garden scenes in the Bahamas.
15) 96-034.0025 Charlusset, Rocamadour, Les Eysiez, Chartres, 1948--Oscar R. Houston--home movies] Reel 25
Black-and-white home movies of Houston travel in France.
23) 96-034.0026 Chateaudon, Amboise, Chaumont, 1948--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 26
Black-and-white home movies of Houston travel in France.
214) 96-034.0027 Pralognan-la-Vanoise, 1948--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 27
Black-and-white home movies of Houston travel in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, including scenes of mountain climbing in Pralognan-la-Vanoise.
24) 96-034.0028 Bermuda, 1955--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 28
Color home movies of a Houston family visit to Bermuda, May 1-13, 1955.
60) 96-034.0029 Yugoslavia, 1956--Oscar R. Houston--home movies. Reel 29
Color home movies of Houston travel in Yugoslavia in 1956, including scenes in Dubrovnik.
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